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Superquinn has launched a brand new online wine club for customers who’re interested in learning more about wine, how to choose it and what different regions and grapes can offer. The club is open to anyone and you can join by simply logging on to the Superquinn website. This club offers something different: the opportunity for wine-loving shoppers to engage with the Superquinn wine team and

Ice Tropez Sparkling Rosé

Ice Tropez Sparkling Rosé €7.50 (250cl) This is the new cocktail drink that’s currently taking St Tropez by storm. Ice Tropez is a refreshing cocktail of fruit juice blended with wine, a lovely light drink with a delicious bitter cherry twist. Slightly carbonated, it’s best served chilled with ice and is just perfect for relaxing around the deck on a warm summer evening. Stockists: www.rosewine.ie. Also available

Rosé Wines: Chateau Minuty €18.95

Rosé wines are ideal for drinking at the height of the summer months when the evenings are long and the sun is shining. Rosé Wines Ireland is a new company set up in April 2010 to provide quality pale rosé wines in Ireland. Help from sommeliers and boutique vineyards in the Côtes de Provence means they can now offer the most popular rosé wines from

Unique wine at O’Briens: 2009 Domaine de l’Arjolle Cabernet/Merlot

Last week we took a look at a 2009 Delheim Chenin Blanc, and now we’re going off the beaten track to look at a lovely wine with a rather unique style from the south of France. It’s exclusive to O’Brien’s Wine off-licence group and worth a try if you want to expand your wine knowledge and tasting experience. 2009 Domaine de l’Arjolle Cabernet/Merlot (Côtes de

Unique wine at O’Brien’s: 2009 Delheim Chenin Blanc

This week we’re going off the beaten track to look at the first of two wines with rather unique styles. Exclusive to O’Brien’s Wine off-licence group, they're worth giving a try if you want to expand your wine knowledge and tasting experience. 2009 Delheim Chenin Blanc (South Africa), €9.99 Chenin Blanc is a grape variety synonymous with South Africa. At one time it was the most widely-planted

Great value on Celso IGT Pinot Grigio & Guerrieri Rizzardi Tachetto DOCG Classico Bardolino at O’Briens

O’Briens Wines off-licence group tick all the boxes when it comes to getting the wine choice right. Their wine buyer Lynne Coyle has a great eye for a good wine and it shows! Right now in O’Briens they have some super, summer-special offers including wines from Chile, South Africa, Italy and France. Today we’re going to feature two wines from Italy that are part of the

Wines Revisited: Montana Sauvignon Blanc & Jordans Bradgate Cabernet/Merlot

This week I’m looking at two wines that I particularly like. The first is a well known New Zealand wine which is about to change its name. The name Montana was first used by Yugoslavian immigrant Ivan Yukich for the wine he made in the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland, where he settled on a small block of land in Scenic Drive in 1934. Because

Insider news: Vina Maipo wines now at Dunnes Stores

The team from Vina Maipo including head winemaker Max Weinalub travelled to Dublin last week to show their range of wines. Vina Maipo was started in 1948 and the winery is situated near the town of Maipo, about 40km south of Santiago, the capital of Chile. Vina Maipo was one of the first wineries to plant Syrah in the Maipo Valley, the oldest and most

Italian-Irish connection at Eat Parade at the Ritz-Carlton

last week we tipped you off about a Taste of Italy at Brooklodge, and this week, watch out for the ‘Eat Parade’ of some of the best food Ireland has to offer prepared by executive chef Jonathan MacIver and matched with wines by Roberto Bava from the Piemonte (Piedmont) region of northern Italy. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 13th at the Ritz Carlton

A Taste of Italy at Brooklodge Hotel

This week we look at a wine and food event featuring authentic Italian flavours matched with good quality Irish food, and we'll have another for you next week too. Starting at 12 noon on Sunday, July 4th in Macreddin Village, Co Wicklow, the Brooklodge Hotel plays host to the Mayor of Armento in southern Italy and some of the artisan food producers and winemakers from Agricoltori

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